3 FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOMES! A GAS LEAK-- SPARKS THE EVACUATION OF 130 APARTMENTS. INSIDE-- SENIOR CITIZENS.. AND PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES. BUT THE RESCUE-- WASN'T COMPLETELY SMOOTH. CHANNEL 4 ACTION NEWS REPORTER MARCIE CIPRIANI-- WITH THE EXTRA CHALLENGES CREWS FACED. 3 THE FEAR FOR SOME WAS REAL - TERRIFYING AND FILLED WITH UNCERTAINTY, AS RESIDENTS OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY EIGHT APARTMENTS WERE RUSHED OUT - JUST AS MANY WERE WAKING. 3 KATHY STRAYER USES A WALKER AND SAYS SHE MANAGED TO GET DRESSED AND GET OUT JUST MINUTES AFTER RIVERSIDE APARTMENT EMPLOYEES WARNED OF THE GAS LEAK BELOW. 3 LOUISE DUDASH LIVES ON THE THIRD FLOOR. 3 DUDASH SAYS HER NEIGHBORS WERE PANICKEDAND SO WAS SHE..DUDASH AND HER NEIGHBORS SAY THE GAS SMELL WAS OVERPOWERING - BUT THE RESOLUTION WAS FAST. THE RESIDENTS WAITED HERE IN THE CHURCH JUST ACROSS THE STREET WHILE THE LEAK WAS STOPPED - AND THE BUILDING WAS DEEMED SAFE FOR THEM TO GO BACK HOME, WHILE THE FINAL REPAIRS WERE MADE. 3 3 3 Police say a teenager